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Robert Fitzgibbon Young

He studied history at Oxford and later worked at Leeds University. During World War I he became Lieutenant for the Royal Navy Reserve. After WW1 he acted as the Secretary to the diplomatic mission to Czechoslovakia. At Prague he saw the shaping of the new Republic and became friends with presidents Masaryk and Benes. He wrote various publications on the history of European scholarship and was an expert in Comenius. He was also Secretary of the Consultative Committee of the Board of Education from 1920-1940 and Honorary Secretary of the Czech Society of Great Britain. -Wikitree

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Born 26 Jun 1879
Died 1960

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  • Cover of: Comenius in England: the visit of Jan Amos Komenský (Comenius) the Czech philosopher and educationist to London in 1641-1642; its bearing on the origins of the Royal Society, on the development of the encyclopaedia, and on plans for the higher education of the Indians of New England and Virginia, as described in contemporary documents, selected, tr., and ed. with an introd. and tables of dates.

    First published in 1932 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: A Bohemian philosopher at Oxford in the 17th century. George Ritschel of Deutschkahn (1616-1683).

    First published in 1925 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Comenius and the Indians of New England.

    First published in 1929 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: A Czech humanist in London in the 17th century: Jan Sictor Rokycanský (1593-1652)

    First published in 1926 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Comenius in England: The Visit of Jan Amos Komensky Comenius, Czech Philosopher and Educationalist, to London in 1641-1642

    First published in 1970 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: A Czech humanist in London in the 17th century: Jan Sictor Rokycanský (1593-1652)

    First published in 1926 — 1 edition
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Born 26 Jun 1879
Died 1960

Subjects

Indians of North America, Biography, Education, Humanists, Learned institutions and societies, Royal Society (Great Britain), Czechs, Czechs in London, History, Intellectual life, Learned and scientific societies, Royal Society of London

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Bohemia, London, Bohemia (Czech Republic), Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, England, London (England)

People

Johann Amos Comenius (1592-1670), Comenius, George Ritschel (1616-1683), Jan Amos Komenský, Joannes Sictor, Joannes Sictor (1593-1652)

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17th century

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  • Young, Robert Fitzgibbon, 1879-1960
  • Young, Robert Fitzgibbon

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2 days ago Edited by dcapillae merge authors
2 days ago Edited by dcapillae compose name; expand birth date
June 6, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Removed period from death date
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import